Cyber crime is one of the fastest growing
criminal activities which is rampant around the world. In cyber crime, the
victim might never know who the attacker is since all is done over the
Internet. The boom in Internet usage by the common man has made commission of
cyber crimes increasing at an exponential rate.
1. Cyber crime evolves with time-One
of the impediments in preventing cyber crimes is that it evolves with times. If
one comes up with a counter move to the attacks, the next attack will be
improvised. Every day, a new form of cyber crime emerges. Some of these are web
jacking, salami attack, email spoofing, data diddling, multi-staged attacks,
cyber squatting, etc.
2. Anonymity-The
criminals use different name when they are in the Internet. Therefore, the
criminals do not give any consideration to ethics and morals. The cyber
criminals, unlike other criminals, can achieve perfect anonymity.
3. Absence of comprehensive law-One
of the main lacunae as regards cyber crime is the absence of comprehensive law
anywhere in the world. The problem is further aggravated due to disproportional
growth ratio of Internet and cyber laws. Though a step has been taken since the
enactment of I. T. Act, 2000, and amendments made to Indian Penal Code,
problems associated with cyber crimes continue to persist.
4. Jurisdiction-Jurisdiction
is the highly debatable issue as to the maintainability of any suits, which has
been filed. Today with the growing arms of cyber space, the territorial
boundaries seem to vanish.
5. Lack of evidence-Loss
of evidence is a very common and expected problem as all the data are routinely
destroyed. Further, collection of data outside the territorial extent also
paralyses the system of crime investigation.
Courtesy:- Legal Point Foundation
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